Notts florist Elizabeth McKenna got to grips with a few male models for the latest task on The Apprentice, which saw two candidates booted out by Lord Sugar. Here's her verdict on Episode 10 and a run-down of everything that happened...

Elizabeth is frustrated with Joanna (Image: BBC)

Elizabeth says...

There are ten tasks in The Apprentice to navigate in order to reach the Final Five, at which point it becomes all about you and your business plan. Everyone wants the chance to present their business plan so the stakes could not have been higher going into this week's task.

At this point in the process, there's no place to hide and if you're on the losing team, the chances are you're going to be fired - so it was all to play for.

The fashion collection my team chose to work with was a men's eco-collection at a high street prices, and we'd present this to a room of fashion buyers with the aim of securing sales.

I was placed in the sub team under Michaela.

It was our job to cast models …. (an arduous task), make sure they were within the correct size range for the collection … (yes, I did use my tape measure to check this!), and set up the fashion show to reflect Joanna and James's vision.

Successful organisation of the fashion show was essential as I knew this would impact on our chance of selling high volumes.

Team Vitality (Image: BBC)

I would describe myself as someone who likes to be organised. I'm a co-ordinator, and as such, like to know where I'm at and where my team is at. Plus, have the information, the detail and systems in place, so if there are any issues there's always a plan B.

I felt it was my job to support the team and make the show run as smoothly as I could and support Joanna to deliver and present the range. Then, when it came to sales, we worked as a team and sold very well. We won and we won as a team.

Team Vitality presented their range beautifully but the price point meant their strategy was much higher risk, and success would depend somewhat on the number of high ticket buyers present. But with just a few sales they could have secured the win. Luckily for us they didn't.

I am the only candidate to have stayed on one team throughout the entire set of tasks: Team Graphene. If that’s not steering a steady ship through a turbulent sea I don’t know what is.

BBC Apprentice candidate Elizabeth Mckenna with the bouquet she's made for Meghan Markle, Prince Harry’s fiancé ahead of the Prince Harry visit. The bouquet will be presented to Meghan at Nottingham Academy, Mapperley this afternoon. (Image: James Turner)

What happened in Episode 10?

THE TASK:

To become fashion agents that must sell a range of garments for up and coming designers. They had to select a designer, then plan and organise a catwalk show, as well as put together a magazine cover to supplement their sales campaign.

Team Graphene (Image: BBC)

TOP MOMENTS:

Team Vitality promote the fashion designer they are working with by using her real name, rather than her brand name as she asks them to do

Team Graphene struggle to impress the magazine they are pitching to with their front cover design

Michaela’s aggressive selling technique doesn’t sit well with her audience – will she put them off buying from her team’s range?

BEST QUOTES:

“It’s going to get hot today” - Michaela reacts to the notion that she will be interviewing a group of male models

“Give us a grrr” - Jade directs a model during the fashion photoshoot

“It reminds me of one of those things that, when you are freezing cold, the paramedics put over you.” - Harrison's verdict on the fashion collection that Jade has picked

“Elizabeth is 100% a control freak, people have said it before. She is still trying to overcomplicate stuff that should have been simple.” Joanna

"Sarah, these last three weeks you seem to have slipped back a bit and that worries me as to whether you’ve got the staying power in business at all.

"Jade, you admitted all of the errors and mistakes that were made in this task.

Harrison is fired (Image: BBC)

"But Harrison, I don’t know what you did on this task. In fact I’ve had a bit of a problem understanding what you did on other tasks. It is with regret, Harrison, you’re fired.

Jade is fired (Image: BBC)

"Jade, this was a big mess up…you’re fired.”

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